Googie Withers

A veteran of numerous British films, since starting her screen career in the mid-1930's, Googie Withers returns to the screen with Shine. Born in India and educated in England, Withers made her stage debut in the West End in 1929 and subsequently played a number of lead roles before premiering on screen in 1934 in The Love Test. Other films include Accused, Crime Over London, Paradise For Two, Haunted Honeymoon, Bulldog Sees It Through, Jeannie, The Silver Fleet, On Approval, Pink String And Sealing Wax, It Always Rains On Sunday, Miranda, Once Upon A Dream, Derby Day and Devil On Horseback. Among the now-classic films she has appeared in are Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Dead Of Night and Night And The City. Since the late fifties, Withers has lived in Australia with her husband, actor/producer John McCallum and has worked principally in the theatre, starring in 35 plays in London, New York and throughout Europe and Australia. She starred in the films Nickel Queen in 1970, Time After Time in 1985 (for which she won an ACE Award for Best Actress). Following that with Hotel Du Lac, Northanger Abbey and Ending Up. Last year, the Australian film, Country Life (an adaptation of Uncle Vanya) was released worldwide.